Procter Johnson has embarked on implementing ISO26000, guidance on social responsibility.

The company has invested in a new 10 acre site in Llandyrnog, Wales which will help with the expansion of the business.

As a company we felt it important to transition to the internationally recognised standard for occupational health & safety management.

Laboratory installed at the admixture facility.

Offices at Flint brought into the 21st century.

New 10 million litre capacity plant is installed at Flint to manufacture the Krete range of admixtures.

Includes new look branding.

Additional 1,800m² of finished goods storage installed.

Procter Johnson is committed to the welfare of everybody connected with the business and is proud that our management systems meet these standards.

Procter Johnson receives the EC Certificate of Factory Production Control.

A new laboratory is built.

With capacity up to 10,000 tons, the plant is equipped to cope with any business demands from the UK and Europe.

The new logo & website was launched.

Although blending capacity wasn't an issue, it was becoming more apparent that we needed to be able to produce smaller batches of different colours quickly. The 'Mix Aco' helped us achieve that.

We made our first direct shipment from Shanghai to a customer in South Africa.

The turn of the millennium saw Procter Johnson introduce a polymer based pigment for the asphalt industry.

The business has changed a lot in 100 years and the construction industry is very much the focus now.

This was the first time the company exhibited at the world's largest construction fair.

This later became ISO9001, which our quality management system complies to today.

The company introduced a range of liquid pigments for concrete and in addition manufactured carbon black pigments for Harrisons & Crosfield, which later became Elementis Pigments.

Due to expansion, the business was moved to a much larger site in North Wales. This is still the current location today.

The first sales overseas were to Libya & Syria and over the next 15 years, new customers were found in places like Central & South America, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Philippines and even in smaller markets like Mauritius.

Supplying major concrete precast manufacturers such as Forticrete of Liverpool. Later in the 1960's Marshalls of Halifax became one of the largest customers taking as estimated 400 tons of Proctorial Cement Colour.

During the Second World War, camouflage pigments were manufactured for the government.

Started to supply natural oxides to the precast concrete industry. Also sold various extenders into the paint industry such as barytes, blanc fixe & calcium carbonate.

The company began as chemical merchants selling a variety of drysaltery items. Extended oxide & pigments were later produced for the local paint companies.